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Quote from: jipped genes on July 12, 2024, 08:30:55 am

Just went up to Washington to fish for salmon. The higher than normal temps and early summer doomed us. We fished hard and never caught one. We did drive to the coast and caught a bunch of small fish.

Black rockfish which look like dark smallmouth bass. flounder which I am told is not common where we were, greenling, and my pal caught a buffalo sculpin.

Also went down to Oregon and fished but caught nothing there. Still a fun trip. Man I wanted to ship back a cooler of fresh wild caught salmon. We could have gotten a charter but our wives would have bitched.

Word to the wise, if you go on a fishing trip, don't take em.

Yeah, the start of the summer run can be difficult. Towards the end of summer run you can tear them up. I try and visit my brother up in WA at the end of August, beginning of September, each year. We will go fish the Green River (Duamish) and smash them. I probably caught and released 15-20 in just a couple spots along the banks last year. Nothing huge, maybe 12-14 lbs was the biggest and most in the 5-8 lbs range. The steelhead were a no-show.